Search form

UA Graduate Programs Reach National Heights

The UA’s graduate program in geology remains No. 1 on the 2013 U.S. News & World Report’s annual list of Best Graduate Schools.

U.S. News & World Report analyzed more than 1,200 graduate programs in assessing its annual rankings. Several UA graduate programs in a variety of colleges ranked in the top 10.

The University of Arizona's geology graduate program once again is ranked No. 1 in the nation and other UA programs in education, business and engineering jumped spots on U.S. News & World Report’s 2013 list of Best Graduate Schools.

The Best Graduate Schools rankings evaluate programs in business, education, engineering, law and medicine. In addition to the five professional disciplines ranked annually, U.S. News periodically ranks programs in the sciences, social sciences, humanities, health sciences and other disciplines.

U.S. News analyzed more than 1,200 graduate programs in assessing this year’s rankings. The data come from surveys of administrators at more than 1,200 programs and some 13,000 academics and professionals, conducted during the fall of 2010 and early 2011.